Senate May Attach Cyber Legislation to Defense Authorization Bill
Sen. Tom Carper
The Senate is considering adding cybersecurity legislation to the defense authorization bill to ensure that some semblance of cyber legislation is passed this year, Sen. Thomas Carper told GovInfoSecurity.
“It’s hard to get a measure like cybersecurity legislation passed on its own,” Carper said.
Cyber backers are considering adding cyber legislation to a bill that is likely to pass, for example, the National Defense Authorization Act. The act is likely to pass prior to mid-term elections. Also, since cybersecurity is a piece of national security, “that is a place that makes a lot of sense,” Carper said.
Currently, two major cyber bills are undergoing a negotiation process between two committees to develop comprehensive legislation.
“We’re very close to where we need to be in developing a joint proposal,” Carper said. “It’s more of a national security issues that we ought to do sooner rather than later and I hope we will.”
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